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Statutory Documents - MCA Publications - LY3 - The Large Commercial Yacht Code - 21B Accommodation – Vessels ≥200GT Constructed on or After the Date of Entry into Force of MLC 2006 - 21B.2 General

21B.2 General

  21B.2.1 Accommodation should provide decent living conditions and recreational facilities for all seafarers onboard the vessel. Due consideration should be given to likely numbers of hotel and support staff onboard.

  21B.2.2 In order to provide decent living conditions and recreational facilities the following requirements are provided as minimum standards.

  21B.2.3 The materials used to construct internal bulkheads, panelling and sheeting, floors and joinings should be suitable for the purpose and conducive to ensuring a healthy environment. All relevant health and safety standards should be observed.

  21B.2.4 The accommodation should be adequately insulated; proper lighting and sufficient drainage should be provided.

  21B.2.5 There should be no direct openings into sleeping rooms from machinery spaces, galleys, storerooms, drying rooms or communal sanitary areas. That part of a bulkhead separating such places from sleeping rooms and external bulkheads should be efficiently constructed of steel or other approved material and be watertight and gas-tight. The requirement to be watertight and gas-tight is taken to mean that bulkheads should be so constructed as to prevent ingress of water, cooking smells, and noxious gases into adjacent cabins.

Parent topic: 21B Accommodation – Vessels ≥200GT Constructed on or After the Date of Entry into Force of MLC 2006
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